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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Islington 1903

Forty-eighth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington

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Table: Table B.— Continued.

Table B.— Continued.

CAUSES OF DEATH.1st QuarterTotal.2nd Quarter.Total.3rd Quarter.Total.4th Quarter.Total.Total for Year
Under 11 to 5Over 5Under 11 to 5Over 5Under 11 to 5Over 5Under 11 to 5Over 5
Eczema............1......11......11......13
Pemphigus........................3......3............3
Other Diseases, Integumentary System11...21...12..................226
Accidents and Negligence.
In mines and Quarries...................................................
In Vehicular Traffic......11...112...156......4413
On Railways..................33......11......226
On Ships, Boats &c.(not drowning)...................................................
In Building Operations..................11..................112
By Machinery..............................11............1
By Weapons and Implements......11....................................1
Burns and Scalds...279......2211...21541023
Poisons, Poisonous Vapours......11......11......11......114
Surgical Narcosis..................11......22............3
Effects of Electric Shock...................................................
Corrosions by Chemicals...................................................
Drowning...............1...1......22............3
Suffocation, Overlaid in Bed15......155......53......37......730
,, Otherwise3......31231...121...1210
Falls not specified...189211013......55......6633
Weather Agencies..................11........................1
Otherwise, not stated2......9......11......11......115
Homicide2......21......13......31......17
Suicide.
By Poison......44......55......55......5519
By Asphyxia...................................................
By Hanging and Strangulation..................33......22......227
By Drowning......22..................44......117
By Shooting..............................11............1
By Cut or Stab......22......33......22......118
By Precipitation from Elevated Places......11....................................1
By Crushing......11......11..................113
By Other and unspecified methods...................................................
Execution......11..............................112
Sudden Death, cause not ascertained...................................................
Ill-defined and unspecified causes......11......22..................225
Males1931023866811457343265015449355558186484006342523
Females13697469702989438457610835330473116404095652316
TOTAL DEATHS329199855138324316781612262628468510313028880911994839